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playforstrays

PlayforStrays, a registered charity, brings toys for positive enrichment and mental stimulation to dogs and cats in rescues locally and globally.

Wishing all our supporters a very Happy New Year. Wishing all our supporters a very Happy New Year.  We look forward to stepping into 2026 with you once again to try our best to help as many animals, and people, as possible 💜🐾
More than 1,000 tins of food, kitten sachets, trea More than 1,000 tins of food, kitten sachets, treats, toys and bedding all left off at Lila's Legacy.  Some lovely wrapped xmas presents too from our wonderful supporters. 
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Thank you so much to Carla from Aldergrove Animals Thank you so much to Carla from Aldergrove Animals Boarding Kennels for the £300 donation from their recent hamper raffle!
This is coming straight off our vet bill, which we are desperately chipping away at. Old and disabled sanctuary animals have a lot of ailments and treatments, so this really helps 💜🐾
☃️ Outreach xmas night ☃️ Thank you to everyone th ☃️ Outreach xmas night ☃️
Thank you to everyone that donated bags of gifts for the pets of the homeless and vulnerably housed.
Here we have a few very happy recipients getting their gifts tonight. 
Alongside Reaching Out Homeless and Community Support who offered food, snacks, drinks and hot food for their mum's and dads, and @streetpawsuk  who were there for vet support. 
Thank you to all who gives their best to help those less fortunate or are just on hard times. No judgement, no bias, no religion...just some helping where they can.  Your support is invaluable 💜🐾
We were truly delighted to get a call from Ballyme We were truly delighted to get a call from Ballymena Dunelm to say that we were to be a recipient of donated items for dogs. 
Their customers had been collecting these goodies over the past few weeks.  We will be sharing these with rescues and others over the next week or two and many have already been donated.
Thank you again Shell and Dunelm 💜🐾
Thank you Claire for reaching out to be a drop off Thank you Claire for reaching out to be a drop off point for toys! Be sure to follow The Pet Nurse everyone 💜🐾
We were delighted to see the first two donated Bag We were delighted to see the first two donated Bag's for Life for our Special Festive Outreach on 22nd January. 
If you dropped these into Jollyes, Newtownabbey, thank you. The socks were a lovely touch. 
We'll start making plans for the rest, so if you're one of the kind supporters making these up for us were keen to start gathering them together next week .
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This is Bear, and until very recently he was a ver This is Bear, and until very recently he was a very sick boy. His mum, Mandy, had a GoFundMe to help with vet costs and it did so well that they had spare funds.
PlayforStrays was one of a few lucky enough to benefit from these generous donations and we received £300!  This will go straight off our own vet bills currently sitting at around £1500.
We're delighted to see Bear doing well and hope he stays in good health for many years to come.
Thank you again Mandy 💜🐾
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Murdock Home Centre, Antrim, are doing a raffle in Murdock Home Centre, Antrim, are doing a raffle in aid of PlayforStrays for a telescopic ladder.
Just £1 per ticket in-store with the lucky winner being drawn on 21st December.  Pop by, get yourself a few DIY Black Friday deals and help a charity at the same time!
Would enter myself if I was eligible to win! 😆
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📢Northern Ireland pet owners 📢 www.vetpetni.co.uk 📢Northern Ireland pet owners 📢

www.vetpetni.co.uk will be able to fulfil your pet prescriptions for DRUGS and food, removing the worry that has been placed on us for so long. 

Please visit their website directly for further information and share for awareness.
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It was great to get out to the guys at German Shep It was great to get out to the guys at German Shepherd RRR with over 700 tins of Jollyes food. 
Each one generously donated by individual members of the public. Having a cup of tea with the team there and having a chat always means a lot.
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Great to have all these rescues come for the recen Great to have all these rescues come for the recent pallets of food and crates, even the very pallets were taken for reuse 😆:

🐾 Gundog Rescue and rehoming. non profit organisation
🐾 Husky Salvation 
🐾 The Hullabaloo Sanctuary
🐾 Doolittles Wildlife Rescue 'Debbie Doolittle'
🐾 Dooletter Wildlife Rescue
🐾 The Underdogs NI
🐾 Animal Connexions Rescue & Rehoming 
🐾 Just Like Home Rescues 

Everyone coming to us meant we could make maximum impact in much less time, and make more donations to others. Just in time before the snow came ☃️

#RescueWorksBetterTogether
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420 tins of cat food and some dry dog food left wi 420 tins of cat food and some dry dog food left with the guys at 7th Heaven. They are a lifeline for many across the country 💜🐾
Thank you Tesco for this donation of dog food and Thank you Tesco for this donation of dog food and cat litter.  It's already been donated, post to follow!
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📢Large Building Update📢 GoFundMe fundraiser is clo 📢Large Building Update📢
GoFundMe fundraiser is closed, refunds on request. 
We hate to write this update but, unfortunately, we did not manage to get the building that could have transformed how we work and what we do. 
A fabulous amount of £2,138 was raised, but it wasn't enough.  Even if we raised enough now it is too late anyway due to other complications.
We are now in process of refunding anyone who requests their money back, please email info@playforstrays.org.uk with your details of where to send refund to. An email should have also been sent to all those that donated via the GoFundMe platform. 
The money raised has not been spent, but for those that don't want a refund, or if we don't hear back by January 2026, we will use it for other essential items for the charity. 
Sorry we failed you and thank you again for your support. 
David 💜🐾
Here's Rob accepting a barrow load of dental stick Here's Rob accepting a barrow load of dental sticks on behalf of Lucy's Trust. 
These guys work away quietly with some of the most needful pups and definitely don't get the recognition they deserve 💜🐾
📢 Dog Rescues / Pet Food Banks 📢 We have nearly a 📢 Dog Rescues / Pet Food Banks 📢

We have nearly a dozen pallets of mostly wet dog food, some dry, and treats that need distributed out to you guys!

Reach out via message, or call us directly to arrange. 

If you reached out recently, please do so again, don't be shy, we need you to. 

Dates are short or just past, but still excellent quality. 

Tag away, let your local rescue know and ask them to reach out.  When it's gone, it's gone....

Thanks Strayers 💜🐾
Over 700kg of high quality Farmina dry food left w Over 700kg of high quality Farmina dry food left with Lila's Legacy to distribute over their fundraising weekend with other rescues and feral feeders. 
Thanks once again to www.vetpetni.co.uk for their superb support.
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Outreach was BUSY last night with regulars and new Outreach was BUSY last night with regulars and newbies. 7 dogs and multiple cats all away with toys and food.
This is the busiest I think we've ever seen.
Next month will see us there for the December outreaches that also includes the Xmas party.
We'd love to make some doggy and kitty parcels to hand out. 
Anyone willing to help us make them?  We're thinking toys, treats and coats etc., all put in bags for life as these are more useful than shoe boxes for the guys. 
Thank you 💜🐾
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